Penn State or Pitt acceptance chance

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<p>Hey guys, I'm a junior in high school right now and I was wondering if any experienced users would let me know my chances of being accepted to either the University of Pittsburgh or Penn State Main Campus. Thanks, and heres my info:</p>

<p>Gender: Male
Grade: Junior
Race: Hispanic
Location: In state (Reading, PA)</p>

<p>Freshman: 4 Honors
Sophmore: 3 Honors
Junior: 3 Honors
Senior: (Will take) 3 Honors and 1 AP</p>

<p>ACT Composite: 27
Math ACT: 26
Reading ACT: 28
Science ACT: 29
English ACT: 26</p>

<p>SAT: 1800
Reading SAT: 520
Math SAT: 550
Writing SAT: 730</p>

<p>High School GPA: 3.6 Unweighted-3.8 Weighted</p>

<p>Extracurricular:
Business Club 4 years (CEO (President) last 2 years)
Played Baseball for 12 years
Summer job at Rawlings Baseball store for past 2 years
At least 60 hours of volunteering with various things</p>

<p>I plan on going into business, specifically finance. I have taken Intro. to business, personal finance, business law, accounting 1, e-commerce, marketing, and honors economics in high school so i am very well prepared. Also, I'm in-state and hispanic so i figured that would increase my chances. I'd appriciate any input regarding my chances of being accepted, strengths of Smeal and Katz schools of business, or any other reccomendations of colleges taking into consideration my statistics listed above and business-major preference. Thanks!</p>

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<p>Don’t know much about Pitt, but for PSU you look in. 2/3 the admissions process is your GPA and the other 1/3 is basically SAT/ACT. Make sure you keep your GPA up. Here’s some info that could help too <a href=“http://admissions.psu.edu/info/counselors/bubble_chart06.pdf[/url]”>http://admissions.psu.edu/info/counselors/bubble_chart06.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Can’t see you rejected from either. If you are in PSU there is no chance you don’t get in Pittsburgh.</p>

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<p>dan is right about pitt!
and also your sat/act is pretty great but if you could retake either and do better i mean that would definitely ensure your chances.</p>

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<p>I think you have a really good chance because I had similar stats and I got in for Fall 2011. PSU admission is strange because I know people with like 3.9 gpa, 2000 SAT scores getting rejected, while students with 3.5/3.6 with 1750-1900 getting in. I think PSU picks students with potential and not just solely base off its admission purely by who has the highest scores and gpa. You have a good chance. Good Luck!</p>

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<p>There are newer versions of that bubble chart that andybatts posted a link to; the standard keeps rising. If you go into the October 2010 chart with 3.8 GPA / 1800 SAT, you will find a yellow dot, which means admission to a branch campus is most likely. You should keep hammering away at the SAT and improve your chances. Also, have you thought about whether you prefer a college town or city environment?</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>You should get in to both no problems. Especially, because of the Penn residency. Good luck!</p>